Premiile Grammy au ajuns la cea de-a 50-a editie. Ceremonia aniversara a avut loc in aceasta dimineata la Los Angeles. Starurile au asistat la un show de exceptie, asteptand cu nerabdare sa vada daca vor pleca acasa cu micul trofeu reprezentand un gramofon.

Norocosii editiei aniversare au fost Kanye West si Amy Winehouse care au obtinut mai multe premii. Din pacate Amy nu a putut fi prezenta dar a intrat in legatura live prin satelit. Ea a primit totusi viza de intrare in SUA dar a fost prea tarziu. S-a recurs astfel la transmisia in direct dintr-un studiou londonez.

Printre castigatori s-au mai numarat si: Justin Timberlake, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Prince, Slayer, Foo Fighters sau The Chemical Brothers.

In acest an la Premiile Grammy s-au acordat 110 trofee, impartite pe 32 de domenii ale industriei muzicale americane.

INREGISTRAREA ANULUI

Rehab

Amy Winehouse

Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Mark Ronson & Gabriel Roth, engineers/mixers

Track from: Back To Black

[Universal Republic Records]

ALBUMUL ANULUI

River: The Joni Letters

Herbie Hancock

Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer

[Verve]

CANTECUL ANULUI

Rehab

Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)

Track from: Back To Black

[Universal Republic Records; Publisher: EMI Music Publishing]

CEL MAI BUN ARTIST DEBUTANT

Amy Winehouse

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE POP FEMININA

Rehab

Amy Winehouse

Track from: Back To Black

[Universal Republic Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE POP MASCULINA

What Goes Around...Comes Around

Justin Timberlake

[Jive]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE POP A UNUI DUET SAU GRUP

Makes Me Wonder

Maroon 5

Track from: It Won't Be Soon Before Long

[Octone/A&M Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE POP IN COLABORARE

Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

[Rounder Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE INSTRUMENTALA POP

One Week Last Summer

Joni Mitchell

Track from: Shine

[Hear Music]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM INSTRUMENTAL POP

The Mix-Up

Beastie Boys

[Capitol Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM VOCAL POP

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

[Universal Republic Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INREGISTRARE DANCE

LoveStoned/I Think She Knows

Justin Timberlake

Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers

Track from: FutureSex/LoveSounds

[Jive/Zomba]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM DANCE/ELECTRONIC

We Are The Night

The Chemical Brothers

[Astralwerks]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM POP TRADITIONAL

Call Me Irresponsible

Michael Bublé

[143 Records/Reprise]

CEL MAI BUN SOLO VOCAL ROCK

Radio Nowhere

Bruce Springsteen

Track from: Magic

[Columbia]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE ROCK A UNUI DUET SAU GRUP

Icky Thump

The White Stripes

Track from: Icky Thump

[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE HARD ROCK

The Pretender

Foo Fighters

[Roswell/RCA Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE METAL

Final Six

Slayer

Track from: Christ Illusion

[American Recording/Columbia]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE INSTRUMENTALA ROCK

Once Upon A Time In The West

Bruce Springsteen

Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone

[Sony Classical]

CEL MAI BUN CANTEC ROCK

Radio Nowhere

Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Track from: Magic

[Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM ROCK

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Foo Fighters

[Roswell/RCA Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM ALTERNATIV

Icky Thump

The White Stripes

[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE VOCALA FEMININA R&B

No One

Alicia Keys

[J Records/MBK Entertainment]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE VOCALA MASCULINA R&B

Future Baby Mama

Prince

Track from: Planet Earth

[Columbia/NPG Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE R&B A UNUI DUET SAU GRUP

Disrespectful

Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige

[Burgundy/Sony/BMG]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE VOCALA R&B TRADITIONAL

In My Songs

Gerald Levert

Track from: In My Songs

[Atlantic]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE URBAN/ALTERNATIV

Daydreamin'

Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott

Track from: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

[1st & 15th/Atlantic]

CEL MAI BUN CANTEC R&B

No One

Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)

[J Records/MBK Entertainment; Publishers: Lellow Productions/EMI April Music, Book Of Daniel Music/EMI Music Publishing, D. Harry Productions]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM R&B

Funk This

Chaka Khan

[Burgundy Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM R&B CONTEMPORAN

Because Of You

Ne-Yo

[Def Jam Recordings]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE SOLO RAP

Stronger

Kanye West

Track from: Graduation

[Roc-A-Fella Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE RAP A UNUI DUET SAU GRUP

Southside

Common Featuring Kanye West

Track from: Finding Forever

[Geffen]

CEA MAI BUNA COLABORARE RAP

Umbrella

Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z

Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad

[Def Jam Recordings]

CEL MAI BUN CANTEC RAP

Good Life

Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)(Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)

Track from: Graduation

[Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Yellow Brick Road Music/Eiseman Music/EMI Blackwood Music/Please Gimme My Publishing/Careers BMG Music Publishing, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM RAP

Graduation

Kanye West

[Roc-A-Fella Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE VOCALA FEMININA COUNTRY

Before He Cheats

Carrie Underwood

Track from: Some Hearts

[19 Recordings/Arista Nashville]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE VOCALA MASCULINA COUNTRY

Stupid Boy

Keith Urban

Track from: Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing

[Capitol Records Nashville]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE COUNTRY A UNUI DUET SAU GRUP

How Long

Eagles

[Eagles Recording Co. II]

CEA MAI BUNA COLABORARE VOCALA COUNTRY

Lost Highway

Willie Nelson & Ray Price

Track from: Last Of The Breed

[Lost Highway Records]

CEA MAI BUNA COLABORARE INSTRUMENTALA COUNTRY

Throttleneck

Brad Paisley

Track from: 5th Gear

[Arista Nashville]

CEL MAI BUN CANTEC COUNTRY

Before He Cheats

Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

Track from: Some Hearts

[19 Recordings/Arista Nashville; Publishers: Big Loud Shirt Industries, Mighty Underdog Music/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM COUNTRY

These Days

Vince Gill

[MCA Nashville]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM BLUEGRASS

The Bluegrass Diaries

Jim Lauderdale

[Yep Roc Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM NEW AGE

Crestone

Paul Winter Consort

[Living Music]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM JAZZ CONTEMPORAN

River: The Joni Letters

Herbie Hancock

[Verve]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM JAZZ VOCAL

Avant Gershwin

Patti Austin

[Rendezvous Entertainment]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE SOLO INSTRUMENTALA JAZZ

Anagram

Michael Brecker, soloist

Track from: Pilgrimage

[Heads Up International]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL

Pilgrimage

Michael Brecker

[Heads Up International]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM JAZZ A UNUI GRUP

A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)

Terence Blanchard

[Blue Note]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM JAZZ LATIN

Funk Tango

Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?

[Paquito Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE GOSPEL

(Tie) Blessed & Highly Favored

The Clark Sisters

Track from: Live - One Last Time

[EMI Gospel]

si

Never Gonna Break My Faith

Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)

Track from: Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

[Island Def Jam]

CEL MAI BUN CANTEC GOSPEL

Blessed & Highly Favored

Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)

Track from: Live - One Last Time

[EMI Gospel; Publisher: K. Sheard's Melody]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM GOSPEL RAP SAU ROCK

Before The Daylight's Shot

Ashley Cleveland

[204 Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM GOSPEL POP/CONTEMPORAN

A Deeper Level

Israel And New Breed

[Integrity Music]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM GOSPEL SUDIST, COUNTRY SAU BLUEGRASS

Salt Of The Earth

Ricky Skaggs & The Whites

[Skaggs Family Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM GOSPEL TRADITIONAL

Live - One Last Time

The Clark Sisters

[EMI Gospel]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM GOSPEL R&B CONTEMPORAN

Free To Worship

Fred Hammond

[Verity]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM LATIN POP

El Tren De Los Momentos

Alejandro Sanz

[Warner Music Latina]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM LATIN ROCK SAU ALTERNATIV

No Hay Espacio

Black:Guayaba

[Machete Music]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM LATIN URBAN

Residente O Visitante

Calle 13

[Norte]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM LATIN TROPICAL

La Llave De Mi Corazón

Juan Luis Guerra

[EMI Televisa]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM MEXICAN/MEXICAN-AMERICAN

100% Mexicano

Pepe Aguilar

[EMI Televisa]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM TEJANO

Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band 2007

Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band

[Tejas Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM NORTENO

Detalles Y Emociones

Los Tigres Del Norte

[Fonovisa Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM BANDA

Te Va A Gustar

El Chapo

[Disa]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM BLUES TRADITIONAL

Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas

Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David "Honeyboy" Edwards

[The Blue Shoe Project]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM BLUES CONTEMPORAN

The Road To Escondido

JJ Cale & Eric Clapton

[Reprise Records/Warner Music Group]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM FOLK TRADITIONAL

Dirt Farmer

Levon Helm

[Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM FOLK CONTEMPORAN/AMERICANA

Washington Square Serenade

Steve Earle

[New West Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM AMERINDIAN

Totemic Flute Chants

Johnny Whitehorse

[Silver Wave Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM HAWAIAN

Treasures Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

Various Artists

Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers

[Daniel Ho Creations]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM ZYDECO SAU CAJUN

Live! Worldwide

Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

[AIM Trading Group P/L]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM REGGAE

Mind Control

Stephen Marley

[Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths/Universal Republic]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM MUZICA TRADITIONALA INTERNATIONALA

African Spirit

Soweto Gospel Choir

[Shanachie Entertainment]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM MUZICA CONTEMPORANA INTERNATIONALA

Djin Djin

Angelique Kidjo

[Razor & Tie Direct/Starbucks Entertainment]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM POLKA

Come Share The Wine

Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra

[Rounder]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM MUZICA PENTRU COPII

A Green And Red Christmas

The Muppets

Ted Kryczko & Ed Mitchell, producers

[Walt Disney Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM VORBIT PENTRU COPII

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

Jim Dale

[Listening Library]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM VORBIT (POEZIE, CARTE AUDIO, POVESTIRE)

The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream

Barack Obama

[Random House Audio]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM COMIC

The Distant Future

Flight Of The Conchords

[Sub Pop]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM MUSIC-HALL

Spring Awakening (Desteptarea Primaverii)

Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)

[Decca Broadway]

CEA MAI BUNA COLOANA SONORA PENTRU FILM, TELEVIZIUNE, MEDIA - COMPILATIE

Love

(The Beatles)

George Martin & Giles Martin, producers

[Apple Records/Capitol Records]

CEA MAI BUNA COLOANA SONORA PENTRU FILM, TELEVIZIUNE, MEDIA - COMPOZITIE

Ratatouille

Michael Giacchino, composer

[Walt Disney Records]

CEL MAI BUN CANTEC PENTRU FILM, TELEVIZIUNE

Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls)

Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)

Track from: Dreamgirls

[Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Miroku Music/Williamson Music/Black Chick Music Publishing, SKG Songs]

CEA MAI BUNA COMPOZITIE INSTRUMENTALA

Cerulean Skies

Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)

Track from: Sky Blue

[ArtistShare]

CEL MAI BUN ARANJAMENT INSTRUMENTAL

In A Silent Way

Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)

Track from: Brown Street

[Heads Up International]

CEL MAI BUN ARANJAMENT INSTRUMENTAL - ACOMPANIAMENT VOCAL

I'm Gonna Live Till I Die

John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)

Track from: Trav'lin' Light

[Verve]

CEL MAI BUN AMBALAJ AL UNEI INREGISTRARI

Cassadaga

Zachary Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)

[Saddle Creek]

CEL MAI BUN AMBALAJ AL UNEI INREGISTRARI - CUTIE SPECIALA SAU EDITIE LIMITATA

What It Is!: Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)

Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)

[Rhino]

CEA MAI BUNA NOTA DE ALBUM

John Work, III: Recording Black Culture

Bruce Nemerov, album notes writer (Various Artists)

[Spring Fed Records]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM ISTORIC

The Live Wire - Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949

Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie)

[Woody Guthrie Publications]

CEA MAI BUNA INGINERIE DE SUNET A UNUI ALBUM DE MUZICA NON CLASICA

Beauty & Crime

Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers (Suzanne Vega)

[Blue Note]

PRODUCATORUL ANULUI - SECTIUNEA MUZICA NON CLASICA

Mark Ronson

• Back To Black (Amy Winehouse) (T)

• Littlest Things (Lily Allen) (T)

• Rehab (Amy Winehouse) (T)

• Version (Mark Ronson) (A)

• You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse) (T)

CEA MAI BUNA INREGISTRARE REMIXATA NON CLASICA

Bring The Noise (Benny Benassi Sfaction Remix)

Benny Benassi, remixer (Public Enemy)

Track from: Bring The Noise/Give It Up EP

[Ultra Records]

CEL MAI BUN SUNET SURROUND

Love

Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)

[Apple/Capitol Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INGINERIE DE SUNET A UNUI ALBUM DE MUZICA CLASICA

Grechaninov: Passion Week

John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)

[Chandos]

PRODUCATORUL ANULUI - SECTIUNEA MUZICA CLASICA

Judith Sherman

• American Virtuosa: Tribute To Maud Powell (Rachel Barton Pine & Matthew Hagle)

• From Barrelhouse To Broadway: The Musical Odyssey Of Joe Jordan (Rick Benjamin & The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)

• Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 '...Songs Are Sung' (Kronos Quartet)

• Strange Imaginary Animals (Eighth Blackbird)

• Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence (Ying Quartet)

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM CLASIC

Tower: Made In America

Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer; Tim Handley, engineer/mixer (Nashville Symphony)

[Naxos]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE ORCHESTRALA

Tower: Made In America

Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)

[Naxos]

CEA MAI BUNA INREGISTRARE DE OPERA

Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel

Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer Larmore; Brian Couzens, producer (Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan; New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra)

[Chandos Opera In English]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE CORALA

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)

[EMI Classics]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE INSTRUMENTALA SOLO ALATURI DE ORCHESTRA

Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos

Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)

[CBC Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE INSTRUMENTALA SOLO FARA ORCHESTRA

Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3

Garrick Ohlsson

[Bridge Records, Inc.]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE - MUZICA DE CAMERA

Strange Imaginary Animals

Eighth Blackbird

[Cedille Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE - GRUP MIC

Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto In D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives

Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists

[Onyx Classics]

CEA MAI BUNA INTERPRETARE VOCALA CLASICA

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)

[Nonesuch Records]

CEA MAI BUNA COMPOZITIE CLASICA CONTEMPORANA

Made In America

Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)

Track from: Tower: Made In America

[Naxos]

CEL MAI BUN ALBUM CLASIC CROSSOVER

A Love Supreme: The Legacy Of John Coltrane

Turtle Island Quartet

[Telarc]

CEL MAI BUN VIDEOCLIP

God's Gonna Cut You Down

Johnny Cash

Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer

[American Records/Lost Highway Records]

CEA MAI BUNA INREGISTRARE VIDEO DE LUNGA DURATA

The Confessions Tour

Madonna

Jonas Akerlund, video director; Sara Martin & David May, video producers

[Warner Bros.]